by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 24, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Most people know that the official language of Colombia is Spanish, with around 99% of the population speaking it. However, since this is Latin America, a land conquered and colonized by Europe, there must have been languages spoken there before...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan This is an extremely touchy subject for all linguists. There are tons of theories, but, with the number of languages spoken in the world, they probably don’t all share the same universals. A good amount of them may, however, so it is still worth...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan Most of the time when we think about Native American languages, we immediately start listing off all of the indigenous languages of the U.S., forgetting that Native American can also refer to the native peoples of any of the countries in the...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Translation Tools
By Sarah-Claire Jordan It would probably be useful to start out by explaining exactly what “linguistics” means. Linguistics, to put it simply, is the study of languages, but in a scientific way. This means not just looking at the meaning of words in a language, but at...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan CIRTEF stands for Conseil International des Radios et Télévisions d’Expression Française, or International Council of French Radio and Television. It doesn’t sound all that revolutionary, but if you read a bit about it, you might get an idea as...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan It’s no secret at this point that Spanish spoken by a large number of people in the U.S. It just happens to be the second most spoken language in the U.S., with 45 million speakers, native and non-native, throughout the country. In terms of...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan The Republic of the Marshall Islands is a nation made up of many islands in the Pacific Ocean. It makes up part of Micronesia, a larger island group made up of many different nations. The U.S. provides subsidies, defense, and more to the...
by Alpha Omega Translations | Nov 10, 2015 | Foreign Language
By Sarah-Claire Jordan For those of you who don’t know what Tagalog is, it is a language commonly spoken in the Philippines. A standardized variety of it, Filipino, is the official language of the country, along with English. About a quarter of Filipinos speak Tagalog...
